- Born
- Died
- Jules Walter was born on July 21, 1929 in St John's, Antigua. He was an actor, known for The Wild Geese (1978), On the Buses (1969) and The Melting Pot (1975). He was married to Mopile. He died on June 20, 2025.
- SpouseMopile (divorced, 2 children)
- ChildrenCarl WalterRene WalterBismark Blak-Walter
- RelativesCarl Walter(Aunt or Uncle)
- His father, Ronald Walter, a business owner, was killed when Jules was 12, and after his mother, Vioney (nee Edwards), a seamstress, migrated to the US in search of work, he was raised by his grandmothers, one of whom was head of the grammar school on the island, which Jules attended.
- After school, he was employed as an agricultural cadet for Antigua Sugar Estates, and became one of the first Black plantation managers, a job he did for 12 years.
- In 1955 he travelled to London, staying with his uncle Carl Walter, a musician and actor, in the Notting Hill area.
- A descendant of both formerly enslaved Africans and European slave owners, and as such his family bridged the usual divides of race, class and privilege.
- His theatrical work included The Black Macbeth, a 1972 version of Shakespeare's play adapted to an African setting and directed by Peter Coe.
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